so he's getting paul ryan in his head. at the same time, you got paul ryan who says he fully expects joe biden to come at him like, quote, a cannon ball. >> that's a good way to prepare. vice president biden going to be off the campaign trail for six days leading up to it, which i think is very smart because almost every day when he's on the trail, you get some sort of great gaffe sound bite and they don't want that as a distraction going into the debate. so biden will be off the trail. there are some similarities between the two. they're both catholic, they're both middle class. both suffered tragedy in their lives. ryan losing his father early and biden losing his wife and son. and they've also spent their entire careers in washington. they actually understand the facts and figures in a way -- >> gretchen: speaking of facts p figure, the university of colorado updated election forecasting model still pointing out they believe mitt romney will win. they did this back on august 22. they had him winning a majority of the el